Is the Head of the CDC Really that Dumb?

The head of the CDC says that banning all flights from western Africa to stop the spread of Ebola to America would CAUSE THE DISEASE TO SPREAD MORE.

What?

Banning all flights from western Africa would ensure that no more people with Ebola would come to this country from that area.

But CDC Director, Dr. Thomas Frieden, says that a travel ban would actually spread the disease faster. Why? He says that aid workers wouldn’t be able to travel to the infected area in West Africa.

Is he serious? Is he being obstinate? Or is he simply being obtuse? It goes without saying that aid workers going to the area would be exempt from such a travel ban. It is ludicrous to even insinuate otherwise. Yet, this is the entire basis for his argument against a travel ban.

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Julie Love

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